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One of the world’s biggest hacker forums taken down

14/04/2022(0)
The illegal marketplace ‘RaidForums’ has been shut down and its infrastructure seized as a result of Operation TOURNIQUET, a complex law enforcement effort coordinated by Europol to support independent ... Read More
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Swiss bank UBS fined over tax evasion in French appeal

14/12/2021(0)
A French court fined Swiss bank UBS 1.8 billion euros on appeal for its role in helping French residents commit tax fraud. UBS took the fight to the Paris ... Read More
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Large-scale online investment fraud network with hundreds of victims across Europe

27/05/2021(0)
On 11 May 2021, a large criminal network involved in investment fraud and money laundering was dismantled as a result of a cross border operation supported by Europol and ... Read More
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Court orders Belgium to end coronavirus measures due to insufficient legal basis

02/04/2021(0)
A Belgian court has ordered the federal government to end all its coronavirus measures within 30 days because it failed to establish a proper legal basis for them, local ... Read More
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Brexit: What’s happening and what comes next?

18/11/2020(0)
It’s been a hectic year in news, with the coronavirus pandemic and the US presidential election dominating the headlines. Brexit deadlines have come and gone, but now it’s fair ... Read More
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Venezuela wins UK court decision in battle to get its gold back

06/10/2020(0)
The UK’s appeals court has ruled in favor of President Nicolas Maduro’s government in the battle to repatriate Venezuela’s $1 billion worth of gold held at the Bank of ... Read More
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Germany puts ex-Audi CEO on trial over ‘dieselgate’

30/09/2020(0)
Five years after “dieselgate” emissions cheating revelations rocked the car industry, ex-Audi CEO Rupert Stadler on Wednesday becomes the first top executive to stand trial in Germany. Stadler, 57, ... Read More
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Paris wins legal battle against Airbnb hosts in European high court

23/09/2020(0)
The European Court of Justice has upheld a French law that gives cities and towns the right to block short-term property rentals, a decision that may open the way ... Read More
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Irish High court freezes probe into Facebook’s EU-U.S. data flows

15/09/2020(0)
Ireland’s High Court on Monday (14 September) temporarily froze a probe by Facebook’s lead European Union regulator that threatened to halt the U.S. social media giant’s transatlantic data flows, ... Read More
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EU top court invalidates EU-US data transfer agreement over surveillance concerns

23/07/2020(0)
  The European Union’s top court ruled on Thursday that an agreement with the US allowing for the transfer of personal data from the bloc to Washington is invalid ... Read More
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